3pm Bookies have the same opinion on a race shock

Will Hayler: With most of the British racing media, including my esteemed colleague Chris Cook, at Ballydoyle to listen to Aidan O'Brien coming up with new adjectives to explain just how simply amazing his horses are ("a very natural horse" is always a favourite of mine), you can expect to read plenty about the Epsom Classic claims of Camelot and Maybe in the hours ahead.

However, I'm delighted to see The Fugue among the six final declarations for the Musidora Stakes on the opening day of York's Dante meeting on Wednesday. There's good reason to expect just as much improvement (if not more) from The Fugue over a mile and a half as from Maybe and there was less than a length between them when fourth and third respectively in the 1000 Guineas.

A big performance from The Fugue on Wednesday will see her Epsom odds come down considerably from the 12-1 widely available this afternoon.

Trainer John Gosden sent out Joviality to win the Musidora last year and promptly declared the filly hadn't a prayer of staying a mile and a half, making all of the bookmakers' reps who were rushing to quote her for Epsom look rather silly.

But I'd be surprised if he didn't want Epsom on the agenda for The Fugue, whose half-sister Susan Stroman stayed two miles and although sire Dansili is remembered for his exploits over a mile, the likes of Harbinger and Rail Link have shown that he can produce horses who are effective over longer distances.

The declarations are also out for the Duke of York Stakes, but the bookmakers are hardly looking to take a view on the race. Of the 15 firms quoted on Oddschecker, 10 make Mayson and Hoof It the 4-1 joint-favourites and there is not a sniff of 9-2 on offer about either. Fancy them all having exactly the same opinion on the race, eh?

2.55pm Demuro wows Wolverhampton

Will Hayler: Mirco Demuro's bid to establish himself in Britain has made a decent start and the Italian made his first visit to Wolverhampton a successful one when taking the opener aboard 9-2 chance Emma Jean.

Demuro has well over a decade of big-race experience around the world, most notably when taking last year's Dubai World Cup aboard Japanese champion Victoire Pisa, having already won some of Japan's biggest prizes aboard the same horse.

It's a long way down from 17 Group Ones he has taken to Dunstall Park, but interviewed on At The Races before racing, Demuro was enthusiastic about his spell in Britain.

"I am liking riding here a lot and maybe if things go well I would like to stay," he said. "British tracks – very funny. Up and down. But I enjoy them all."

Monday's best bets, by Chris Cook

If you didn't see yesterday's French 2,000 Guineas, you can watch it here. It was a deeply unsatisfactory affair, even though it did feature a 27-1 winner tipped in yesterday's Talking Horses blog. Furner's Green looked unlucky and was still more unlucky to suffer a fatal injury two strides past the post, which fortunately cannot be seen on the video.

It's back to bread and butter fare at Wolverhampton today, though Mirco Demuro adds a dash of international glamour as he continues to press for a career in Britain. This has led him to ride some pretty lowly rated beasts but he may get a double out of them today.

He's back on Emma Jean (1.45), trying to get off the mark at the 20th attempt but she has shown much more promise since joining Frank Sheridan in March and this looks a winnable opportunity. She's 7-2.

At the other end of the card, Demuro partners Travelling (4.45), whose only previous outing on Polytrack yielded her only previous success, in a maiden here in August. She couldn't cope with a moderately valuable handicap at Newmarket next time and was a respectable fourth of 14 when last seen at Windsor.

She makes her seasonal reappearance having joined Marco Botti from John Hills and can step up on what she's shown at odds of 11-2.

Simon Walker is mustard in amateur riders' races and seems to have another opportunity in the last race on Beneath (5.15), a course winner. The five-year-old has come down to a fair mark and has already run with credit here three times this year. He's 8-1.

Greg Wood adds: Just five runners go to post for the Listed Sky Bet Stakes at Windsor this evening, but it is a fascinating betting heat all the same with four horses currently top-priced between 9-4 and 4-1.

Two of the have a previous start at this level to their name, while the others are stepping up from handicap company, but it is the latter pair – Tullius and Memory Cloth – who may provide the winner. They finished first and second in a strong race at Newmarket last time out, and the time of the race suggested that it was one of the strongest handicap performances of the season to date.

Tullius (7.10) got first run on Memory Cloth that day, and the runner-up had closed to within a length at the line, but it is still Andrew Balding's runner who looks most interesting since he was making his seasonal debut while Memory Cloth was having his fourth start since mid-March. He looks a very decent bet at his current top price of 3-1.

Cyrus Sod (6.40) is another at the same track with proven form on soft ground, while at Redcar, Aerodynamic (2.30), who was a significant eye-catcher last time out, can return to winning ways.

Tipping competition - a new week

Congratulations to last week's winner, waltersobchak, who picked Viva Ronaldo (11-2) on Friday to finish on +23.50, edging past sandiuk and Yossarian24.

This week's prize is a copy of A Weight Off My Mind, the autobiography of Richard Hughes, due to be launched on Saturday and which, we are promised, will be impressively frank.

As ever, our champion will be the tipster who returns the best profit to notional level stakes of £1 at starting price on our nominated races, of which there will be three each day up until Friday. Non-runners count as losers.

In the event of a tie at the end of the week, the winner will be the tipster who, from among those tied on the highest score, posted their tips earliest on the final day.